| Sara Bakri | |
| Fullname: | Sara Abbas Bakri |
| Birth Date: | 1 November 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Position: | Midfielder[1] |
| Youthclubs1: | Arz |
| Years1: | 2008–2014 |
| Clubs1: | Sadaka |
| Years2: | 2014–2019 |
| Clubs2: | SAS |
| Years3: | 2019–2023 |
| Clubs3: | BFA |
| Nationalyears1: | 2006–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Lebanon |
| Nationalcaps1: | 22 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 7 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2008–2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | Lebanon (futsal) |
Sara Abbas Bakri (Arabic: سارة عباس بكري;[2] born 1 November 1989) is a Lebanese former footballer and futsal player who played as a midfielder. She represented Lebanon internationally in both football and futsal.
With seven goals in 22 appearances between 2006 and 2017, Bakri was the Lebanon national football team's all-time top goalscorer and most-capped player, before both records were broken in 2023.
Born on 1 November 1989, in Beirut, Lebanon, Bakri has two sisters and a brother.[3] She began playing football at the age of seven.
Bakri played for Arz, before moving to Sadaka in the Lebanese Women's Football League.[4] She helped them win several domestic titles. Bakri joined SAS in 2014,[5] with whom she also won multiple titles. She joined BFA on 30 September 2019.[6] After suffering an ACL tear in 2022, Bakri retired in 2023.[7]
Bakri has been capped for Lebanon at senior level in both football and futsal.
In football, she represented Lebanon in multiple competitions, namely the 2010 Arabia Women's Cup and the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in 2013, where she played three games and scored a goal against Kuwait. Bakri scored seven goals in 22 games between 2006 and 2017; she was her national team's all-time top goalscorer before being surpassed by Christy Maalouf in 2023,[8] and the joint-most capped player[9] – alongside Taghrid Hamadeh – before being surpassed by Rana Al Mokdad in 2023.[10]
In futsal, Bakri played for Lebanon at the WAFF Women's Futsal Championship in 2008 and 2012, and the AFC Women's Futsal Championship in 2018.[2] [11]
Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bakri goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 October 2010 | Al Ahli Stadium, Manama, Bahrain | 1–? | 1–5 | 2010 Arabia Women's Cup | |||
| 2 | 21 October 2010 | 1–? | 1–3 | |||||
| 3 | 23 October 2010 | Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain | ?–0 | 9–0 | ||||
| 4 | ?–0 | |||||||
| 5 | 9 June 2013 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | 11–0 | 12–1 | 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification | |||
| 6 | 15 September 2011 | Petra Stadium, Amman, Jordan | 1–6 | 1–10 | Friendly | |||
| 7 | 21 March 2017 | Bir Hassan Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
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